- Actors: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill, Keenan Wynn
- Directors: Stanley Donen
- Writers: Alan Jay Lerner
- Producers: Arthur Freed
- Format: PAL
- Language English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: All Regions
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: U
- Studio: Sanctuary
- DVD Release Date: 5 Mar 2001
- Run Time: 93 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000059RFY
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 51,467 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Fred Astaire dances on the ceiling in this 1951 Alan Jay Lerner musical for MGM, directed by Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain). The appealing story finds Astaire as part of a brother-and-sister act (along with Jane Powell) that travels to London at the time of Queen Elizabeth II's wedding. Astaire and Powell each find romances that threaten to break up the act, but that's mostly fun window dressing in a movie better known for some truly creative sequences made vivid by Donen, including Astaire's famous dance with a hat rack and his duet with Powell, "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You (When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life)?" --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Special Features
4:3
DVD 5
English
Region 0
Dolby Digital Mono English
Dolby Digital Mono
Cast And Crew profiles
Production Gallery
Photo Gallery
Audio Commentary
Graphic Illustration Of Walls And Ceiling Dance Sequence
Theatrical Trailers For Yolanda And The Thief And Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Scene Selection
English
DVD 5
English
Region 0
Dolby Digital Mono English
Dolby Digital Mono
Cast And Crew profiles
Production Gallery
Photo Gallery
Audio Commentary
Graphic Illustration Of Walls And Ceiling Dance Sequence
Theatrical Trailers For Yolanda And The Thief And Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Scene Selection
English
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely Dreadful Quality,
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This review is from: Royal Wedding [DVD] [1951] (DVD)
The other review on here is right - except that it's a huge understatement. The transfer to Dvd has been bungled beyond belief. Both the picture and sound are TRULY awful. I bought this because the famous 'dancing on the ceiling' part was featured on the Disc 2 extras of 'Singin in the Rain', and i was entranced by Astaire's dancing. On THAT disc, the quality was fine - so there was obviously no reason for it to be bad on this one. However, it is, and Elstree Hill Entertainment (whoever they are!) should be ashamed of this lacklustre transfer. Maybe when it's been remastered, i'll buy it. Until then, this goes straight back. Oh by the way, in addition to the poor quality throughout, the disc actually failed to play in several sections and froze up - at times the picture was completely pixelated. Need i say more?
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A movie musical masterpiece, but a disappointing release.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Royal Wedding [DVD] (DVD)
No need to say much about the movie itself. This is Fred Astaire at his best singing and dancing. A true classic. Every home should have one. The dancing sequences alone, including the one Astaire dances on cieling and walls, are worth watching again and again.The movie has indeed been released for home use under various formats over the years. To my knowledge, this is its first DVD release, which unfortunately is most disappointing in term of both sound and picture quality. The sound is lacklustre and among the poorest quality I have ever heard on a DVD; and this despite the Dolby Digital logo on the cover. But the real problem with this DVD is its picture quality, which is unacceptably poor, considering the potentials of the format. Compare this to other DVDs or other versions of the films and you will see it from the first minute to the last. Any decent VHS cassette will score FAR better than this DVD in term of picture quality. My laserdisc version of the film, for instance, looks sharp and bright, with near perfect resolution, after comparison. The only consolation on this DVD, perhaps, is the bonus on how the "cieling dance" sequence was filmed. There is nothing new for a real Astaire fan to learn about here, but at least the filming is clearly explained and illustrated. But is this alone worth the price of the disc? In short, this is a release that simply fails to do justice to both a great film and a great home movie format that is the DVD. Those of you lucky enough to have the laserdisc version should stick to it and treasure it so dearly, for who knows when another DVD version (worthy of the name) will come along.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Royal Wedding,
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This review is from: Royal Wedding [DVD] [1951] (DVD)
The cover of this DVD has a warning: 'When transferring to digital format some quality may have been lost.' It has. The picture is somewhat blurred, and at times the dialogue cannot be understood. Why can't the transfer be done better? A CD transferred from an LP is almost always an improvement. But, if you want to see Astaire dance up the walls and across the ceiling, you have to put up with the poorish quality.
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